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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Javette Orgain
4 on the occasion of her being elected as president of the
5 Illinois Academy of Family Physicians; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians is a
7 professional membership society representing 3,800 family
8 physicians, residents, and medical students throughout the
9 State; the organization advocates for reforms in the public and
10 private health care systems in order to promote primary care
11 and attract more physicians to the specialty of family
12 medicine; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Dr. Javette Orgain, a native resident of Chicago,
14 is a board certified Associate Professor of Clinical Family
15 Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of
16 Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine since March of
17 1991; she serves as the chairperson of the Illinois State Board
18 of Health and Assistant Dean of the UICCOM Urban Health
19 Program; she also served as the 100th President of the National
20 Health Association; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Dr. Javette Orgain holds the distinction of being
22 the first African-American president of the Illinois Academy of

 

 

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1 Family Physicians; she will be installed by American Academy of
2 Family Physicians past president Warren Jones, who was the
3 first African-American to be elected president of the AAFP in
4 2002; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Dr. Javette Orgain serves as a model of hard work,
6 integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
7 Illinois; therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
10 congratulate Dr. Javette Orgain on the occasion of her being
11 elected as president of the Illinois Academy of Family
12 Physicians and wish her continued success and happiness in the
13 future; and be it further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to Dr. Javette Orgain as a symbol of our esteem and
16 respect.